Mosquito-bar frame



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. No. 443,108. Patented Dec. 23, 1890.

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No. 443,108. Patented Deo. 23, 1890.A

Witwe/Awa UNITED STATES PATENT @Einens PETER M.v (NVEN, OF BOWLINGGREEN, KENTUCKY.

MosQUlTo-BAR FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,108, dated December23, 1890,

Application filed December 3l, 1889. Serial No. 335,546' (No model.)

To all whom il; may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER M. OWEN, of Bowling Green, in the county ofVarren and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements :in Mosquito-Bar Frames; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, and to the figures of reference marked thereon.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved mosquito-barframe adapted to be attached to a bedstead of any width or length, andwhich can be applied without injury to or defacement of the bedstead,and can be folded back out of the way when not in use, and easilyadjust-ed when not folded, so as to offer no obstruction in making upthe bed or changing the bedding.

I will first describe my invention, and then point out its specialfeatures of novelty in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my inventionapplied to a bedstead; Fig. 2, a side elevation showing in full linesthe sections of the frame folded up and turned back out of the way, andin dotted lines the position of the frame when raised to make up thebed; Fig. 3, a top plan view showing the netting partially rolled up andthe means for rolling it up, and Fig. 4 a detail view of one of thestandards located at'the foot of the bedstead.

Similar figures of reference in the several iigures indicate the sameparts.

As will be seen by reference to the drawings, my improvedfranie consistsin the main of two netting-supports, one at each side of the bedstead,and each composed of a-series of jointed sections 1 2 3 4. 'Iheuppermost section 1 of each support is formed to embrace the head-boardor head corner-post of the bedstead, and is provided with screw-clamps4, by which it may be securely held in place. The next section 2 isconnected to the section I by an ordinary pivot-joint 5, While sections2 and 3 and 3 and 4 are respectively connected by means of rule-joints 67, which prevent their opening, except in an upward direction. Section 3extends over the footboard of the bedstead, and section 4 is adapted torest upon the door, as shown in Fig. 1.

In order to maintain the netting-supports against lateral displacement,I employ standards 8 8, secured to the side of the bedstead near thefoot, as shown. Each of these standards is bifurcated at its upper end,so as to embrace the sides of section 3, with which it co-operates, andsaid section 3 is in turn notched or toothed, as shown at 9, so as torender the connection between it and the standard still more positiveand secure. Furthermore, the lower portion of the standard is slotted,as shown at 10, and is connected to the side of the bedstead by means ofa screw 11, passed through the slotted portion, as shown in Fig. 4,which construction enables the standards to be raised or lowered to thedesired position and there secured, accordingly as the bedstead is ahigh one or a low one.

The netting 12, when drawn down ready for use, covers the frame,and,infact, the entire bedstead, as shown in Fig. 1.

v In order to raise the netting, the following appliances are provided:At the top of the frame and extending between and held lclamped by thesection l is located a transverse bar 13, upon the front side of whichare mounted two pulleys 14 14 and two guides 15 15. Two cords 16 1G arefastened to the crossbar 13 near the ends thereof, and are passed thenceunder the netting and on the inside down under a roller 18, secured tothe lower edge of the netting at the foot of the bed, as shown in Fig.l, thence back on the outside of the netting to the cross-bar 13 andthrough the netting, where they are passed through guides 15 15, andthence over the pulleys 14, down outside of the netting to a pointwithin convenient reach. By pulling upon the ends of these cords theroller 18 will be caused to roll up over the sections 4 3 2 l and windthe netting upon it as it proceeds.

Vhen the netting and the su pporting-franie are desired to be put backout of the way, the netting is first rolled up and then sections 2, 3,and 4 are folded up and swung back, as shown in full lines, Fig. 2.

For the purpose of getting the frame out of the way while making up thebed, it is IOO swung' upward on its pivot 5, and the notched feet of thesection et are rested upon the upper bifurcated ends of the standards S3, as shown in the dotted lines, Fig. 2.

It will be observed that my invention is simple, inexpensive, and notliable to get ont of order, and that it can be applied without requiringspecial skill to any ordinary form of bedstead.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new ism 1. Theherein described mosquito bar frame, consisting of sections l, providedwith means for attachment to the bedstead, and the twoindependent sidehinged sections 2 3 4, forming when extended a track on which thenetting may be rolled, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the section l, provided with means forattachment to the headboard, of the hinged sections 2, 3, and 4 and thevertically-adjustable standards secured to the side of the bedstcad,substantially as described.

3. rPhe combination, with the sections l, provided with means forattachment to the bedstead, ofthe cross-bar 13 held thereby, providedwith guides and pulleys, the sections 3, 3, and i, hinged together andto section l, the netting over said sections, the roller on the lowerend of the netting, the cords passing around the roller through theguides, and pnlleys for drawing up the netting,` and roller, lsubstantially as described.

4. The combination, with the section l, provided with means ofattachment to the headboard, of the sections 2 3 i, jointed together byrule-joints, whereby they can be folded in an upward direction only andwhen extended be rolled up, substantially as described.

PliYEli M. OWEN.

Witnesses:

l ALEX. S. STEUART,

'lHoMAs DURANT.

form a regular track on which the netting,` may 4o

